Wednesday, 15 October 2014

Reading Without Tears

From Favell Lee Mortimer's, Reading Without Tears: or A Pleasant Mode of Learning to Read (London 1857):







I particularly like this ur-Ted Hughes poem:



And poor old Sally!

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2 comments:

  1. Phil15 October 2014 at 11:35

    Gosh, it's Dip-py Dope-y! I think I did once see an ea-sy rea-der of this va-ri-e-ty - probably at my Grandma's - but the main thing it evokes is Molesworth minor.

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  2. Adam Roberts15 October 2014 at 12:08

    Yes: odd to think it was once a real thing, before Molesworth mocked it.

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